Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose four points to reach a level of 49 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.

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Mortgage rates were at all-time lows last year, and those home owners who were able to lock in low rates may be less willing to sell in the future.

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Interest rates rose last week, prompting a sharp fall in applications for home mortgages, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday.

http://realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2014/06/18/rising-rates-soften-loan-demand-in-latest-week

As baby boomers – the generation born between 1946 and 1964 – reach retirement age, and the last of their adult children moves away from home, will they decide to…

Several reports are showing home equity on the rise. In fact, home owners’ equity holdings at the end of the first quarter amounted to $10.8 trillion – the highest amount…

The Veterans Affairs loan program – which has long been saddled with low participation rates – is garnering more attention.

http://realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2014/06/13/va-loans-gain-popularity-fha-costs-rise

Rents continued to rise nationwide in the first quarter of this year — but at the slowest pace in the last 12 months.

http://realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2014/06/17/stagnant-wages-put-brakes-rent-rise

The average family found homes to be a little less affordable in April, as home prices continued to rise while incomes and mortgage rates remained stagnant.

http://realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2014/06/17/spring-sees-dive-in-housing-affordability